Glenn Close is an American actress, singer, and producer. She is considered as an extraordinarily versatile actress with immersive acting style. She is consistently praised for her roles as the villain or antagonist in her performances. The seven-times Academy Award nominee Glenn Close is one of the successful actresses in the entertainment industry. She is also a businesswoman and a philanthropist. She has appeared in numerous films, television shows, and stage plays. Her best-known films are The World According to Garp, The Big Chill, The Natural, Fatal Attraction, The Wife, among others.

Veteran actor Glenn Close wins Spirit Award ahead of Oscar

The veteran actor, Glenn Close, 71, wins the Spirit Award for Best Actress for her role in The Wife ahead of Oscars. She has never won an Oscar though she was nominated for seven times.

However, winning the Spirits Award has boosted her probability to clinch the Academy Award for the first time in her career.

The 71-years old actress is one of the favorited actresses to win Oscar.

Why Glenn Close Famous For?

Seven-time Oscar-nominated actress.

Source: Time.com

What nationality is Glenn Close?

Glenn Close was born on 19 March 1947. She was born to a father, William Taliaferro Close, and a mother Bettine Moore Close. She belongs to White ethnicity. Her birthplace is in Greenwich, Connecticut in the United States. She holds American nationality. Her zodiac sign is Pisces. She has 4 siblings. They are two sisters, Tina and Jessie, and two brothers, Alexander and Tambu Misaki. Her parents adopted Tambu Misaki while they were in Africa. She used to live in a stone cottage with her parents in a stone cottage on her maternal grandfather's estate during her childhood. Her parents joined the Moral Re-Armament (MRA) when she was seven years old.

She spent time in Switzerland where she attended St. George's School.

She traveled for several years with the singing group called Up With People in the mid-to-late 1960s.

She later attended Rosemary Hall and graduated in 1965. She organized a small singing group called the Green Glenn Singers during her time in Up With People. The group wrote and sang songs that would give people a purpose and inspire them to live the way they were meant to live.

She broke away from MRA when she was 22-years old. She then attended the College of William & Mary, where she doubled majored in theater and anthropology. Watching an interview of Katharine Hepburn on The Dick Cavett Show, she became inspired to pursue a career in acting. She started training her acting skills and started performing in the summer-time outdoor drama.

She received an honorary doctor of arts degree at William & Mary in 1989.

Film Career

She was discovered on Broadway by director George Roy Hill in 1980.

She made her film debut in the 1982 film, The World According to Garp.

The 1980s became her most successful decade in Hollywood, as she appeared in several hit films and earned numerous accolades.

She appeared in the hit films such as The Big Chill, The Natural, The Stone Boy, Maxie, Jagged Edge, Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, and Immediate Family during the 1980s.

In the 1990s, she appeared in Reversal of Fortune, Hamlet, Meeting Venus, The Paper, Mars Attacks!, 101 Dalmatians, Air Force One, Paradiso Road, Tarzan, and Cookie's Fortune.

She started appearing in television films in the early 2000s.

She returned to theatrical films and starred on 102 Dalmatians, The Safety of Objects, Anesthesia, Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, The Stepford Wives, Le Divorce, The Chumscrubber, Nine Lives, Albert Nobbs, Heights, and Evening.

The 2007 film Evening became her final theatrical film of the 2000s as she started working in television series.

She worked in 2011 film, Albert Nobbs. She also co-wrote the screenplay and produced the film.

She then appeared in the 2014 hit film Guardian of the Galaxy.

She later appeared in The Great Gilly Hopkins, 5 o 7, Low Down, The Girl with All the Gifts, What Happened to Monday, The Wilde Wedding, Crooked House, and The Wife.

Television

She made her television debut in 1975. She played a minor role in the anthology series, Great Performances.

She has appeared in numerous television movies such as Orphan Train, Too Far To Go, The Elephant Man, Something About Amelia, and Stone for Ibarra.

She also starred in the highly rated Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie, Sarah, Plain and Tall and in its two sequels. She later appeared in Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer, South Pacific, and Will and Grace.

She provided the voice of Mona Simpson in The Simpsons since 1995.

She made her debut in television series when she starred as Monica Rawling in the FX crime series, The Shield in 2005.

She then starred as Patty Hewes on Damages for five seasons from 2007.

She considers the role of Patty Hewes as the role of her life.

Stage career

She started her professional acting career as a stage actor in 1974.

She worked for a season to do three plays at the Helen Hayes Theatre in the early 1970s.

She later worked in Broadway productions of Barnum in 1980, The Real Thing in 1983.

The stage role of Norma Desmond in the Andrew Lloyd Webber production of Sunset Boulevard is considered one of her most notable roles on stage.

She worked in The Runaway Bunny, Pirates of Penzance, and A Delicate Balance.

She returned as Norma Desmond in the musical Sunset Boulevard in an English National Opera in April 2016.

She later returned to the stage in the Off-Broadway play, Mother of the Maid at the Public Theatre in New York City in 2018.

How many awards has Glenn Close won?

She is the recipient of three Tony Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

She is a seven-time Academy Award nominee and holds the record for being the actress with the most nominations without winning.

She was inducted into the American Theater of Hall of Fame in 2016.

She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard, in front of the Roosevelt Hotel in January 2009.

Is Glenn Close still married?

Glenn Close has been married three times. Each of her marriage ended in divorce. She first married a guitarist and songwriter, Cabot Wade in 1969. They used to perform together during her time at Up with People. Their marriage ended in 1971.

She then married businessman James Marlas from 1984 to 1987.

She then dated producer John Starke. She has a daughter with Starke. Their daughter, Annie Starke was born in 1988. However, their relationship ended in 1991.

She was engaged to carpenter Steve Beers from 1995 to 1999.

Executive and venture capitalist David Evans Shaw was her third husband, whom she married in February 2006. They divorced in August 2015.

She currently lives in Bedford Hills, New York and has a condo in the West Village. She also owns properties in Wellington, Florida, and Bozeman, Montana.

Body measurements

Glenn Close stands at a height of 1.7 m i.e. 5 feet and 7 inches tall. She has a body weight of 145 lbs i.e. 66 kg. She has an average body build. Her body measurements are 35-25-36 inches. She wears a bra of size 36C. She has blue eyes and her hair color is blonde. She wears a shoe of size 7.5 (US).

How much is Glenn Close worth?

Her films have grossed over $1.3 billion in North America. While working in the television series, Damages, she became the highest paid actresses on cable as she earned $200,000 per episode. She owned a coffee shop in the early 1990s, which she sold in 2006. She runs a 1,000-acre ranch in Wyoming. She is the president of Trillium Production Inc. She co-founded a dog accessories catalog and Internet site, FetchDog in 2007, which she sold in 2012. As of 2019, her net worth is estimated at around $50 million.

Did You Know?

Her father was a doctor.

She became the third actor to receive a Tony, Emmy, and Oscar(Academy Award) nomination all in the same calendar year after the release of The Big Chill.

The phrase "bunny boiler" from her hit film, Fatal Attraction has even been added to the dictionary, referring to a scene from the movie.

She was named one of the 16 best Simpsons guest stars by Entertainment Weekly.

She hosted Saturday Night Live in 1989 and in 1992.

She has also hosted the 46th and 49th annual Tony Awards.

Her character in Fatal Attraction was ranked number 7 on AFI's 100 years...100 heroes and villains list.

She is New York Mets fan and has sung the national anthem at Shea Stadium and Citi Field numerous times.

In 2017, she donated her entire costume collection to Indiana University Bloomington.

She has campaigned for gay marriage, women's right, and mental health.